| John Henry Kellett is the son of James William and Kittie (Burbon)
Kellett. Kittie was the daughter of Henry Edgar, born December 1,
1821 – died July 22, 1908, buried Cuero, and Tabitha Jane (Brown) Davis
Edgar, born 1837. John Henry, born in 1894, died March 13, 1977 (see
W. E. Knox). Kittie B., born at Sweet Home, February 28, 1865 – died
January 5, 1945 at Norton, buried at Coleman. Kittie married William
Kellett in 1884. He died ten years later, buried in New Mexico, leaving
her with five children. The Kelletts had come to cast their fortune
in the West and settled at Coleman. The children are: William, who
once resided in El Paso; James, U.S. Navy and Brooklyn, New York; John
Henry of Abilene; Mrs. Janie B. Hull of Norton; and Mrs. Tena Parker, deceased
(see David Frederick Parker). Kittie resided in Coleman, 1895 to
subsequent dates.
John Henry was reared in Coleman and graduated from Coleman High School.
He played on the school’s first football team in 1910 and he was known
as the team’s “fleet halfback.” He starred in baseball also, and
was considered an all-around athlete. He received his bachelors and
masters degree from Sul Ross State Teachers College. He was Coleman
County school superintendent and also taught at Goldsboro, Valera and Glen
Cove; then Tye, North Park (now Ben Milam) in Abilene, and the past 11
years preceding his retirement May 31, 1963, were at Eula and Denton grade
schools in Callahan County. He taught for 42 years. John Henry
married Ethel Ferguson of Coleman. She taught school for 23 years.
They purchased a stock farm at Eula in 1942, where they resided and were
engaged in cattle raising. Ethel died April 24, 1973, both are buried
in Coleman. They were Baptist. Practically all of the Kellett
estate was left to charitable causes, including a gift to Hendrick Medical
Center, Abilene. They had no children.
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John Henry Kellett
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